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  • Change in MySwar domain – Again

    About two years ago, we had had to shift the domain of MySwar from .com to .in due to ISP-level blocks on our website, which was most likely the result of a court order secured by an entity citing copyright infringement. We’re dismayed that our .in domain has also been blocked now and we have now shifted…

  • Change in MySwar domain

    Earlier this week, some of us observed that myswar.com was inaccessible. We had recently moved to a new hosting provider and our first thought was that it was an issue at their end. Further investigation, however, revealed that we were most likely the target of a court order that had ISPs blocking our website. The…

  • MySwar Mobile Web Version Now Available

    Over the last few weeks, we rolled out mobile web updates to the MySwar website. When you access myswar.co from a mobile device, you’ll see an easy-to-navigate, mobile-friendly version. Almost every feature available available on the desktop website is available in the mobile web version. While the UI is different, the flow is very similar to the flow…

  • MySwar App Now Available In Hindi

    Updated on Mar 12, 2015: The MySwar Android app is also available in Hindi now. A little more than a year ago, we had announced the availability of content on MySwar in Hindi in addition to English. We finally got to roll out an update that makes Hindi content available on the MySwar iOS app and the…

  • Film Credits On MySwar

    Since MySwar launched 2011, we have steadfastly focused on crediting musicians making Hindi film music – music directors, lyricists, singers and when the information was available, arrangers, assistants, instrumentalists and so on. We believe that musician credits is a sadly overlooked aspect of music metadata in India. That is the reason you didn’t see any credits…

  • MySwar App Update On iOS – Going Free!

    We released a new version of the MySwar app on iOS yesterday. This update makes the app free and displays banner ads. There is an option to make an in-app purchase to remove the ads for a period of 1 year (Upgrade option in Settings). We realize that some of you have purchased the app only recently…

  • Now Available – MySwar App On iOS and Android

    Great news – The MySwar app is now available! Here are the app store links: Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mavrix.myswar iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/app/myswar/id622503117?mt=8 Download, enjoy and share!

  • iTunes Quietly Launches Music And Films In India (Links Available On MySwar)

    Digital India was abuzz yesterday with news of iTunes launching its music and films stores in India. I particularly liked the following posts covering the launch: http://nh7.in/indiecision/2012/12/04/rip-and-run-itunes-india-store-is-finally-here http://www.medianama.com/2012/12/223-apple-finally-extends-itunes-store-to-india/ While the buzz is mostly positive: iTunes is so expensive. Bought a Radiohead album with 27 songs for Rs. 50 twitter.com/aneeshb/status… — Aneesh Bhasin (@aneeshb) December 5,…

  • Digital Music Landscape III: Consumption

    [This is the concluding part of a three-part post on the Digital Music Landscape. You can read the first post and the second post to get up to speed] Let’s look at the services that exist in the West against the services for Indian music in an attempt to look at how music recommendations serve…

  • Digital Music Landscape II: Discovery

    [This is the second part of a three-part post covering the digital music landscape. You can read the first post here.] In the second part , let’s look at the different approaches of music discovery. Regardless of the approach, the end objective is to help people find new music. Music for music’s sake The Music…